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Established in 1868, the College of Liberal Arts supports the University of Minnesota's land-grant mission as home to disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. With departments throughout the Minneapolis campus, it is the largest college and home to 16,716 students (14,762 undergraduate and 1,954 graduate students).


About Our Faculty

  • CLA has 553 tenured and tenure-track faculty
  • 18% of CLA's tenured and tenure-track faculty are faculty of color; up from 6% a decade ago
  • 40% of CLA's tenured and tenure-track faculty are women; compared to 29% in 1996
  • CLA faculty have received numerous nationally recognized awards in many fields.

Students at a Glance

Undergraduate student enrollment 14,980
Graduate student enrollment 1,929
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded in 2007-08 3,130
Number of graduate degrees awarded in 2008-09 479
Students of color 20%

About the Class of 2014

  • 80% graduated in the top 25% of their high school class
  • 36% ranked in the top 10% of their high school class
  • 20% are students of color
  • 60% are women
  • 65% are Minnesota residents
  • 17% are Wisconsin residents
  • 6% are international students
  • 26.2 is the average ACT score; 34% scored 28 or higher

Graduating and Retaining Students

Fall 2008 freshmen who returned to CLA for their sophomore year in fall 2009 89%
Students in the class of 2014 who took a full course load in fall 2010 and are on track to graduate in 4 years 99.8%
CLA students who take more than 12 credits per semester (up from 70% in 1996) 90%

Gifts to CLA for FY 2010

Donors Dollars
7,106 $9,571,363
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